panegyric.

A speech, text, or expression offering elaborate praise, often for a person or institution.

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Words that belong together

• deliver a panegyric
• a panegyric to a ruler

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The panegyric praised the ruler’s generosity without naming its beneficiaries.

She turned the expected panegyric into a careful account of what he had actually done.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular panegyric; plural panegyrics. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.